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This month’s newsletter is an opportunity to learn about the various facets of work at the Peabody – repatriation, collections research, and supporting students – and how you can support us thru PA Giving Day on March 26th. We value our extended community of newsletter readers and ask you to take part in this crucial fundraiser for the Peabody. Go Big Blue!
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Save the Date! 2025 #PAGivingDay
Contributed by Emma Lavoie
Mark your calendars! PA Giving Day is Wednesday, March 26, 2025! PA Giving Day represents a critical milestone in our fundraising efforts for the Peabody. This year our goal is to exceed previous success by engaging even more PA alumni and friends of the Peabody in this collective day of giving.
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Annual Repatriation Conference in Louisiana this Year
Contributed by Ryan Wheeler
This year marked the 10th annual repatriation conference organized by the Association on American Indian Affairs (AAIA). The conference was hosted by the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe’s Paragon Resort in Marksville, Louisiana. The Peabody Institute of Archaeology was one of several co-sponsors, dedicated to learning and sharing our work in repatriation.
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The Making of a Student Exhibit
Contributed by Lainie Schultz
The Peabody Institute is currently host to the exhibit “Indigenous (Mis)representations on American Numismatic Objects,” displaying items from the History and Social Science department, the personal collections of Donny Slater, and the hard work of the students in his class HSS507.
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Mount Up, follow up.
Contributed by John Bergman-McCool
In January our Collections Coordinator, John Bergman-McCool, wrote about a student volunteer project aimed at improving housing for moccasins that we steward at the Peabody. The purpose of the project is to give moccasins at the Peabody more space and internal support to maintain their shape. Read on for more about the final design!
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Massachusetts Archaeological Society Monthly Meeting & Lecture
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TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2025
7:00 PM
Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology
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Monthly meeting of the Northeast Gene Winter Chapter of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society held at the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology at 175 Main Street in Andover, MA. The event is open and free to the public.
For those who are unable to attend, the meeting will be streamed live via Zoom.
More details can be found below or on the MAS website and Facebook page. Check out past MAS lectures here!
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